Born in India, Buddhism spreads from Gandhara (Ancient India) to China, the Korean Peninsula, and Japan. With its spread, Buddha statue also spread the regions. Originally, Buddhism did not have any human figure, only had the foot stamps of Buddha or the circle showing dharma. This changed around the 1st century A.D. and Buddhists began to worship the statues.
This display traces the development of Buddhist statues from Gandhara (Ancient India), China, the Korean Peninsula, and Japan to provide insights about how Buddhist beliefs and statues developed in each region.
Date from 2008/7/27 to 2009/4/5
Fee Adults: 600 (500) yen
University Students: 400 (300) yen
High/Junior High/Elementary School Students and under: Free
* ( ) indicate prices for those in groups of 20 or more.
Prace Tokyo National Museum
